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THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1948 – September 24, 1968
Service recordThomas Neil Trainham, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 8
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 8
- SAMUEL FREDERICK ANKNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 24, 1968
- JOSEPH HAROLD THOMASPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD TROUTLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- STANLEY EUGENE WESTSpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- KENNETH FRANCIS HAYESSpecialist Five · June 3, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.